Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck was a Patriot from the very beginning and occupied important political offices in the Batavian Republic. He was president of the National Assembly in 1796, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Paris from 1798 to 1800 and the Batavian ambassador to France and to the United Kingdom in the following years. This portrait was painted in Paris.
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